[quote user=invst4profit]Alberta ... oil is the only thing
not quite !
oil is TWO sources of oil: conventional and oil sands. Oil sands is more of a mining operation around Ft. McMurray .. and steam injection around Cold Lake.
there is also GAS .. both conventional and fracked "unconventional" shale gas
there is also COAL
All of these FIVE areas have huge reserves for multiples of hundreds of years !!
there is also agriculture (beef, wheat, ..)
there is also Canada's 2nd largest university (UofA) and the 4th or 5th largest I believe (UofC) [UBC, Montreal somewhere in there too with UofT being the biggest]
there is also tourism .. Rocky Mountains and Canada #1 tourist destination, BANFF, is in Alberta !
there is also Canada's largest windfarms in S-Alberta, W of Lethbridge
Of course, in theory, we could all drive electric cars tomorrow, never fly anywhere. Plus, Asia stops buying cars with gasoline engines too .. and stops growing and all the world's energy is now solar, nuclear and wind !
Without oil Canada would look awfully similar to Greece these days !!
Perhaps Canadians ought to be taught how dependent Canada is on its natural resources, be it oil, gas coal, uranium, nickel, gold, uranium or potash !
We are so lucky to live in a country with such abundant resources !
Hardly a "one trick pony"